Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20171026040947/@comment-31398341-20171221112845

Trevastyah wrote: Maybe rank Victinni?

Currently, it can only run a Special set due to V-create not available yet. It can run Fire Blast, Focus Miss with more accuracy than other pokemon due to its ability, Victory Star which increases accuracy by 10%. It threatens obviously steel types, most notable ones are Scizor and Ferrothorn which could OHKO with a simple Searing Shot or even Flamethrower and they can't hit back hard unless they have earthquake. It however doesn't get access to calm mind. Victini?

Fire type special wallbreakers like Mega Camerupt and Mega Charizard Y can also do that. Both of them also has a better offensive stats, thus giving Victini stiff competition. Comparing three fire-type special wallbreakers, Victini, Mega Camerupt and Mega Charizard Y, Victini is the only one without immunity to any types and cannot wallbreak effectively, making it harder to build a team around it. Additionally, it is weak to 5 types, all of which are common (Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost and Dark). Lastly, the meta is unkind to Victini : Marshadow, (Mega) Gengar, Mega Salamence, Chansey, Aegislash and Tyranitar are among the meta, which can beat Victini easily.

However, unlike other two, it has a very wide movepool, which can catch opponents off guard. To list the notable coverage + STAB moves :

- Searing Shot (Best Fire-type special STAB now, 30% chance to burn)

- Psychic / Psyshock

- Energy Ball / Grass Knot

- Thunderbolt

- Focus Blast

Nevertheless, Victini is still a niche Pokemon which must be used to its niche otherwise you're better off using Mega Charizard Y.

I would give it a C (Lower than Mega Camerupt)